Funding Support for International Graduates

Funding Support for graduate international students is administered by the Graduate School and by academic departments.
Additional funding options exist. Please see the Graduate School for further information.
Let the Graduate Program Coordinator of the department know if you will be funded by your government or other external agency.

Graduate Assistantships which require part-time teaching, laboratory assistance, research, or other assistance are available in a number of fields. Certain academic departments offer graduate instructorships, which involves direct responsibility for teaching one or more courses.
Stipends for graduate assistantships/instructorships vary, depending on the level of the graduate student, the service to be rendered, and the time commitment (typically ¼ or ½ time appointments are made, or resp. 10-20 hrs per week).
Application for a graduate assistantship/instructorship are made directly to the academic department in which the applicant will pursue a degree.

In addition to the stipend, graduate assistants/instructors are eligible to receive a partial or full support towards their base tuition during the fall and spring semesters (generally 75 percent of base tuition for assistantships/instructorships paying at least $3,000 per semester; 100 percent of base tuition for a appointments paying at least 6,000 per semester) as well as full support towards their non-resident tuition scholarship (100%).

For more information, please contact the Graduate School.